SMS Awards and Honors

The Dan and Mary Lou Schendel Best Paper Award

(Formerly the Strategic Management Journal Best Paper Prize) Click to learn more about the renaming.

The SMS and John Wiley & Sons co-sponsor this annual prize to honor substantial work published in the SMJ five years or more prior to the citation. Click here to learn more


SMS Emerging Scholar Award

The prize is awarded annually to a relatively young or new scholar, who displays exemplary scholarship as demonstrated in research, education, and related academic activities that seek to improve current strategic management practice. Click here to learn more


Fellows of the SMS

The purpose of the Fellows Group is to recognize and honor members of the Strategic Management Society (SMS) who have made significant contributions to the theory and practice of strategic management, and to provide opportunities for fellowship and a forum for discussion among persons so recognized and honored. Click here to learn more


SMS Service Medals

The SMS Gold and Silver Medals are granted in recognition of outstanding services rendered to the SMS and/or the field of Strategic Management by individuals and or institutions. Click here to learn more


SMS Lifetime Achievement Award

This award is intended to honor the highest level of achievement in Strategic Management by a business leader, who demonstrated sustained strategic leadership and innovation that significantly altered strategy practice. Click here to learn more


SMS Conference Awards & Honors

SMS Best Conference Paper Prize, SMS Best Conference Paper Prize for Practice Implications, SMS Best Conference PhD Paper Prize to recognize outstanding academic work submitted to the SMS Annual International Conference. Click here to learn more.



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